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* Spoofed in a ''WesternAnimation/TomAndJerryKids'' short with a car race, where the villain [=McWolf=] takes advantage of this, by having {{Droopy}} drive into a sign and shoving said sign off a cliff (the wolf earlier crashed into a painted tunnel).

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* Spoofed in a ''WesternAnimation/TomAndJerryKids'' short with a car race, where the villain [=McWolf=] takes advantage of this, by having {{Droopy}} WesternAnimation/{{Droopy}} drive into a sign and shoving said sign off a cliff (the wolf earlier crashed into a painted tunnel).

* Dick Dastardly does it in one ''WackyRaces'' story. After the inevitable 'intended-victim-goes-through-tunnel-and-he-crashes-against-wall', [[ItRunsOnNonsensoleum he declares its a case of]] YourMindMakesItReal, and tries to go through, telling Muttley to just keeping thinking that the painted tunnel is real. It still doesn't work.

* ''WesternAnimation/TheFairlyOddParents'' takes it a step further: In "Back to the Norm", Crocker paints a cliff so it appears to be Trixie Tang holding two ice cream cones and standing in front of a tunnel. As a cherry on top, on top of the cliff is a rock which would fall when someone hits the cliff. Timmy rides into it, but instead of crashing, "Trixie" hands him an ice cream cone and jumps on his bike as they ride through the tunnel. Crocker starts to chase after them like one would expect, but he stops just before he is about to hit the cliff the tunnel is painted, because he (somehow) realizes that the cliff will be solid again when he tries to run through the tunnel. But he then spazzes out and hits the cliff and the rock falls on him.

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* ''WesternAnimation/TheFairlyOddParents'' takes it a step further: In "Back to the Norm", Crocker paints a cliff so it appears to be Trixie Tang holding two ice cream cones and standing in front of a tunnel. As a cherry on top, on top of the cliff is a rock which would fall when someone hits the cliff. Timmy rides into it, but instead of crashing, "Trixie" hands him an ice cream cone and jumps on his bike as they ride through the tunnel. Crocker starts to chase after them like one would expect, but he stops just before he is about to hit the cliff the tunnel is painted, [[GenreSavvy because he (somehow) realizes that the cliff will be solid again when he tries to run through the tunnel.tunnel]]. But he then spazzes out and hits the cliff and the rock falls on him.

[[AC: LiveActionTV]]* ''Series/{{Farscape}}'', a (relatively) serious live-action show, spends an episode inside the subconscious of the main character John Crichton, which is apparently highly influenced by old WesternAnimation/LooneyTunes cartoons. Crichton and an animated version of the angry [[ProudWarriorRaceGuy alien warrior D'Argo]] engage in a series of Coyote-and-Road Runner–style chases, a few of which center on D'Argo painting wormholes onto the wall, which act as this type of tunnel.

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* ''Series/{{Farscape}}'', a (relatively) serious live-action show, spends an episode inside the subconscious of the main character John Crichton, which is apparently highly influenced by old WesternAnimation/LooneyTunes cartoons. Crichton and an animated version of the angry [[ProudWarriorRaceGuy alien warrior D'Argo]] engage in a series of Coyote-and-Road Runner–style Runner�style chases, a few of which center on D'Argo painting wormholes onto the wall, which act as this type of tunnel.

-->'''Jon Stewart''': There's your first clue. When you feel that you are about to spring what you, Governor Romney, believe is the checkmate moment in the debate, and your debate opponent says to you, [[SchmuckBait "Please, proceed. Are you trying to open that door? Allow me to open it wider. The door that you appear to want to go through!"]] But when your opponent does that you might want to take a breath and wonder if, ''à la'' Wile E. Coyote and the Road Runner, that door you want to go through is merely paint on a rock.

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-->'''Jon Stewart''': There's your first clue. When you feel that you are about to spring what you, Governor Romney, believe is the checkmate moment in the debate, and your debate opponent says to you, [[SchmuckBait "Please, proceed. Are you trying to open that door? Allow me to open it wider. The door that you appear to want to go through!"]] But when your opponent does that you might want to take a breath and wonder if, ''à la'' Wile E. Coyote and the Road Runner, that door you want to go through is merely paint on a rock.

* ''WesternAnimation/TheFairlyOddParents'' takes it a step further: In "Back to the Norm", Crocker paints a cliff so it appears to be Trixie Tang holding two ice cream cones and standing in front of a tunnel. As a cherry on top, on top of the cliff is a rock which would fall when someone hits the cliff. Timmy rides into it, but instead of crashing, "Trixie" hands him an ice cream cone and jumps on his bike as they ride through the tunnel. Crocker starts to chase after them like one would expect, but he stops just before he is about to hit the cliff the tunnel is painted, because he is apparently GenreSavvy enough to realize that the cliff will be solid again when he tries to run through the tunnel. But he then spazzes out and hits the cliff and the rock falls on him.

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* ''WesternAnimation/TheFairlyOddParents'' takes it a step further: In "Back to the Norm", Crocker paints a cliff so it appears to be Trixie Tang holding two ice cream cones and standing in front of a tunnel. As a cherry on top, on top of the cliff is a rock which would fall when someone hits the cliff. Timmy rides into it, but instead of crashing, "Trixie" hands him an ice cream cone and jumps on his bike as they ride through the tunnel. Crocker starts to chase after them like one would expect, but he stops just before he is about to hit the cliff the tunnel is painted, because he is apparently GenreSavvy enough to realize (somehow) realizes that the cliff will be solid again when he tries to run through the tunnel. But he then spazzes out and hits the cliff and the rock falls on him.

* Dick Dastardly does it in one ''WackyRaces'' story. After the inevitable 'intended-victim-goes-through-tunnel-and-he-crashes-against-wall', [[ItRunsOnNonsensoleum he declares its a case of]] YourMindMakesItReal, and tries to go through, telling Muttley to just keeping thinking that the painted tunnel is real. [[WrongGenreSavvy It still doesn't work.]]

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* Dick Dastardly does it in one ''WackyRaces'' story. After the inevitable 'intended-victim-goes-through-tunnel-and-he-crashes-against-wall', [[ItRunsOnNonsensoleum he declares its a case of]] YourMindMakesItReal, and tries to go through, telling Muttley to just keeping thinking that the painted tunnel is real. [[WrongGenreSavvy It still doesn't work.]]

* ''TabletopGame/Rifts'' had a spell or two one could use to create an illusory environment, one spell creating an illusory forest. Sometimes when you see that it's an illusion you won't see what it is hiding, and many an adventurer has wrapped his vehicle around a real tree hidden amongst the fakes.

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* ''TabletopGame/Rifts'' ''TabletopGame/{{Rifts}}'' had a spell or two one could use to create an illusory environment, one spell creating an illusory forest. Sometimes when you see that it's an illusion you won't see what it is hiding, and many an adventurer has wrapped his vehicle around a real tree hidden amongst the fakes.

* ''TabletopGame/Rifts'' had a spell or two one could use to create an illusory environment, one spell creating an illusory forest. Sometimes when you see that it's an illusion you won't see what it is hiding, and many an adventurer has wrapped his vehicle around a real tree hidden amongst the fakes.

* Spoofed in an episode of ''{{WesternAnimation/Turbo}} FAST'', where Hardcase draws a road on a trampoline hoping to cause the snails to bounce off over a cliff. When they seem to go through it, he tries it himself and bounces off. Pan to the snails who simply went around the painting instead of through.

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* Spoofed in an episode of ''{{WesternAnimation/Turbo}} FAST'', where Hardcase draws a road on a trampoline hoping to cause the snails to bounce off over a cliff. When they seem to go through it, he tries it himself and bounces off.get launched off instead. Pan to the snails who simply went around the painting instead of through.

* In one Droopy cartoon, Spike paints a tennis court blue and installs a diving platform so that when Droopy tries to dive in, he would drop to his death instead. Droopy dives, but instead of splattering on solid concrete he splashes into what is now real water. Spike then tries it himself... and shatters into a million pieces.

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* In one Droopy WesternAnimation/{{Droopy}} cartoon, Spike paints a tennis court blue and installs a diving platform so that when Droopy tries to dive in, he would drop to his death instead. Droopy dives, but instead of splattering on solid concrete he splashes into what is now real water. Spike then tries it himself... and shatters into a million pieces.

* Spoofed in an episode of ''{{WesternAnimation/Turbo}} FAST'', where Hardcase draws a road on a trampoline hoping to cause the snails to bounce off over a cliff. When they seem to go through it, he tries it himself and bounces off over the cliff. Pan to the snails who simply went around the painting instead of through.

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* Spoofed in an episode of ''{{WesternAnimation/Turbo}} FAST'', where Hardcase draws a road on a trampoline hoping to cause the snails to bounce off over a cliff. When they seem to go through it, he tries it himself and bounces off over the cliff.off. Pan to the snails who simply went around the painting instead of through.

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